2/03/2014

TechFlash: Navitas VC on building tech; Castlight, Revance IPO news

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February 3, 2014

Q&A: Navitas VC Jim Petit invests in new tech for builders, CRE

Navitas Capital founders Jim Petit and Travis Putnam have found some success by focusing on cleantech investing since 2009, a time that the sector has fallen rapidly out of favor.




Castlight Health files secretly for IPO with $2B valuation

Castlight Health, which was co-founded by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park in 2008, has reportedly filed secret plans for an IPO that could value the company at about $2 billion.




Wrinkle remover Revance joins rush of biomed IPOs this week

Wrinkle removing company Revance Therapeutics is set to be the second Bay Area IPO of the year, hoping to raise up to $92 million as part of an early 2014 run of biomed offerings.




Coupons.com plans to raise up to $100M in IPO

Coupons.com filed plans to raise up to $100 million in an IPO on Friday.




Highland, IGC investor Neil Occhiogrosso joins Costanoa

Early stage investment firm Costanoa Venture Capital has added Neil Occhiogrosso as its second partner.




Stanford president: MOOCs should not be so open, massive

Massive Open Online Courses are too rigorous for the average online student and too large to successfully engage and motivate most students, Stanford University President John Hennessy said.




Private equity firm Vector Capital buys CollabNet

Vector Capital said late on Friday that it has acquired control of cloud-based app management startup CollabNet under undisclosed terms.




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Cromwell Schubarth

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